tousled

tou·sle

(tou′zəl, -səl)

tr.v. tou·sled, tou·sling, tou·sles

To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.

n.

A disheveled mass, as of hair.

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[Early Modern English , frequentative of touse, to pull roughly, from Middle English -tousen (attested in past participles be-toused and to-toused, disheveled, rumpled); akin to German zausen and Low German tūsen, to tousle, ultimately from Germanic *tūs-; perhaps akin to Latin dūmus, thornbush, bramble (from Old Latin dusmus); and Old Irish dos, bushy tree, copse, thicket.]

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tousled

(ˈtaʊzəld)

adj

tangled, ruffled, or disarranged

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tousled - in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

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tousled

adjective dishevelled, disordered, tangled, ruffled, messed up, rumpled, disarranged, disarrayed a woman with tousled hair, faded jeans and a baggy jacket

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Translations

tousled

[ˈtaʊzld] ADJ [appearance, style] → desaliñado, desarreglado; [hair] → despeinado

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tousled

[ˈtaʊz^əld] adj [hair] → ébouriffé(e)

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tousled

adj hair → zerzaust, wuschelig (inf); tousled head → Wuschelkopf m (inf)

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tousled

[ˈtaʊzld] adj (hair) → arruffato/a; (bedclothes) → sottosopra inv

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